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Incorporate your business with a lawyer
for much less than you’d expect

without hidden or misleading fees

Why incorporate with a law firm?

This website is owned and operated by Twin River Law LLP, a business and litigation law firm. Here’s why that matters:

Lawyers can provide legal advice.

Many incorporation websites have a tiny disclaimer stating that they’re not lawyers, that they can’t provide legal advice, and that you should obtain legal advice prior to using their services. We agree. Why not incorporate with a law firm instead that can register your company for a reasonable price and provide the legal advice your business needs?

Lawyers are accountable and insured.

Lawyers are bound by a strict code of conduct, are required to keep your information confidential, and maintain professional liability insurance. This is for your protection. If you incorporate using a registry office or website staffed by non-lawyers, your recourse is limited, even if they’ve clearly made mistakes when setting up your corporation.

Lawyers are accountable and insured.

Lawyers are bound by a strict code of conduct, are required to keep your information confidential, and maintain professional liability insurance. This is for your protection. If you incorporate using a website staffed by non-lawyers, your recourse is limited, even if they’ve clearly made mistakes when setting up your corporation.

Lawyers have education and training.

Lawyers are required to meet high standards of education, training and qualification. This is helpful when dealing with something as important as setting up a new corporation. Using a budget website staffed by non-lawyers may save you a bit of money, but do you really want to trust the creation of your new corporation to someone with no legal training?

Getting it wrong could be devastating.

We’re often asked to fix legal issues caused by budget incorporators with no legal training who fail to understand basic legal concepts. If your corporation is set up incorrectly, or uses a basic structure that doesn’t suit your needs, it could lead to shareholder disputes, personal liability, tax problems, and other expensive issues. Luckily, these issues are avoidable if you get the right advice up front.

Getting it wrong could be devastating.

We’re often asked to fix legal issues caused by budget incorporators with no legal training who fail to understand basic legal concepts. If your corporation is set up incorrectly, or uses a basic structure that doesn’t suit your needs, it could lead to shareholder disputes, personal liability, tax problems, and other expensive issues. Luckily, these issues are avoidable if you get the right advice up front.

If an incorporation website doesn’t advertise that it’s owned and operated by a law firm, it probably isn’t.

Don’t sacrifice quality for the sake of saving a few dollars.

Incorporating with a law firm could prevent serious headaches and harm to your business.

Don’t sacrifice quality for the sake of saving a few dollars.

Incorporating with a law firm could save you headaches and prevent serious harm to your business.

Incorporate With a Lawyer in 3 Simple Steps

Step 1

Fill out an online form.

Our forms are a little more detailed than some of our competitors. That’s because our standard package includes things that other sites don’t (like completed share certificates and organizational resolutions). Don’t worry, help is here if you need it along the way.

Step 2

Review & pay for your order.

You’ll be contact by a lawyer (typically within 24 hours) after successfully submitting the incorporation form to confirm registration details. We’ll proceed to apply for registration once you’ve confirmed that everything is okay and paid for your order online.

Step 3

Get Legal Advice.

All of our incorporation packages include legal advice from a lawyer. Simply choose the issues you would like to discuss when filling out our online form and we’ll set up a consult in our office, over the phone, or via Skype. Need a contract drafted? We can help with that too.

For a complete description, please visit our FAQ

named corporationThis is required if you want anything other than a corporate name with a number automatically assigned by the applicable corporate registries office (such as 123456 Alberta Ltd.)

corporate seal

shipping & handling

turnaround time

legal adviceLegal advice is related to start-up matters and is to be used within the first 2 months after incorporation. Meetings take place via telephone, Skype, or in our office.

government feesGovernment fees vary by jurisdiction. We charge the actual price incurred by our firm, without any mark up. Use our incorporation form, or the price estimator (linked below) to find out the government fees applicable to your incorporation.

For a complete description, please visit our FAQ

named corporationThis is required if you want anything other than a corporate name with a number automatically assigned by the applicable corporate registries office (such as 123456 Alberta Ltd.)

add $75

corporate seal

add $75

shipping & handling

add $25

turnaround time

3-4 business days

legal adviceLegal advice is related to start-up matters and is to be used within the first 2 months after incorporation. Meetings take place via telephone, Skype, or in our office.

up to 1/2 hour

government feesGovernment fees vary by jurisdiction. We charge the actual price incurred by our firm, without any mark up. Use our incorporation form, or the price estimator (linked below) to find out the government fees applicable to your incorporation.

For a complete description, please visit our FAQ

named corporationThis is required if you want anything other than a corporate name with a number automatically assigned by the applicable corporate registries office (such as 123456 Alberta Ltd.)

corporate seal

shipping & handling

included

turnaround time

1-2 business days

legal adviceLegal advice is related to start-up matters and is to be used within the first 2 months after incorporation. Meetings take place via telephone, Skype, or in our office.

up to 1 hour

government feesGovernment fees vary by jurisdiction. We charge the actual price incurred by our firm, without any mark up. Use our incorporation form, or the price estimator (linked below) to find out the government fees applicable to your incorporation.

Incorporate with a law firm that can provide legal advice and won’t leave the job half finished.

Do it right the first time.

Incorporate with a law firm that can provide legal advice and won’t leave the job half finished.

Here’s what sets us apart from the competition:

Created By Lawyers

This website was developed by Twin River Law LLP, a business and litigation law firm. It offers an alternative to low cost incorporation websites that often provide fill in the blank documents or leave out important steps in the incorporation process altogether.

Legal Advice

Because this site is operated by lawyers, we’re legally authorized to provide legal advice. That means we can answer questions and give you advice about the best way to set up your corporation from a legal perspective. We can provide the help you need.

Continued Support

Like a good marriage, your corporation needs to be regularly maintained if you want to keep it in good standing. Failure to do so will lead to your corporation being struck from the register (cancelled). We offer fixed fee registered office and annual maintenance services to keep your corporation alive and well.

Completed Documents

Unlike most incorporation websites, we believe our clients deserve completed incorporation documents. That’s why even our Basic incorporation package includes all of the documents necessary to incorporate and set up your new corporation, fully completed and ready to sign. We take care of the details so you don’t have to.

Creating a successful business can be a long and difficult journey.

Start it in the right direction by incorporating with us.

Creating a successful business can be a long and difficult journey.

Start it in the right direction by incorporating with us.

All of our incorporation packages come with legal advice.

When filling out our online in corporation form you'll be given the opportunity to choose from a list of potential issues to discuss or receive assistance with from a lawyer. There's also an "other" option to choose something that's not on the list. As long as it's related to business law and doesn't deal with a highly specialized issue (such as dealing with the purchase and sale of a uranium mine) we can help. Consultations can be provided in our office, over the phone or via Skype.

The following is a list of potential issues that we can provide assistance with as part of the legal advice included with our incorporation packages:

basic startup issues;

how to protect your brand;

intellectual property issues (copyright, trademark, patents);

corporate decision making;

employee and contractor issues;

shareholder relationships and disputes;

director and officer liability;

website terms of use or privacy issues;

Need help with contract drafting or review? We can help with that too.

The legal advice available is limited to the amount of time purchased with your plan (1/2 hour for the basic package and 1 hour for the ALL IN package), however, if you require additional work, we're here to help. That's one of the many benefits of incorporating with a law firm.

If you'd like more information on the type of business law advice we can provide, please visit our law firm's main website at twinriver.ca for more details.

Our corporate law services include the following:

acting as registered office and records address for the corporation;

filing notices re changes of shareholders and directors with the applicable corporate registries office as and when required;

filing the corporation's annual return; and

preparing annual director and shareholder resolutions as required by law, forwarding them to the directors and shareholders for electronic signature and placing them in the corporate minute book once completed;

As the registered office and records address, we will be a place at which notices and claims can be delivered or served upon the corporation. This can be beneficial as it provides notice to anyone filing a claim against the corporation that it has readily accessible legal representation, and ensures that someone is available to receive the claim or notice and forward it to you for response within the time frame required to prevent a default judgement from being granted against the corporation. Full details of our corporate law services will be contained in a Registered Office Agreement to be signed by an authorized representative of the corporation after is has been registered.

We believe that incorporation documents should be completed fully and correctly.

Unfortunately, not everyone seems to agree. In the rush to offer the lowest cost, corners are cut and mistakes are made that can be very costly for a new business. It's easy to register a company, but there's a lot more to it than obtaining a certificate. Here's a list of SOME of the issues we've witnessed from people who have chosen to incorporate without a lawyer and for the lowest possible cost:

failing to provide for a sufficient number of shares, meaning that further shares cannot be issued without costly changes to the corporation's Articles of Incorporation;

failing to provide for different and distinct classes of shares to allow for sprinkling of dividends (paying different amounts to different shareholders to limit the amount of tax payable);

failing to authorize the issuance of shares, issue share certificates or require payment for shares, resulting in the corporation having no shareholders at all;

failing to properly appoint directors and/or officers;

failing to complete corporate registers and ledgers as required by law;

failing to include standard restrictions that permit the corporation to remain as a private non-distributing corporation rather than a corporation that is subject to onerous securities rules and reporting requirements;

Would you rather pay slightly more now to have the job fully completed, or pay much more in the future to fix problems caused by cutting corners? Either way, you'll probably have to pay a lawyer.